by Dav Pilkey
I loved this series growing up. It was probably the series I re-read the most after Harry Potter. Hilariously funny, great story, humorous characters. I just recently saw the movie adaptation and was pleasantly surprised. After much searching, I finally found my old copies of the books in my mom's a...
Genre: Superheroes / Humor / School Year Published: 1997 Year Read: 2010Publisher: The Blue Sky Press Series: Captain Underpants #1 Here comes that valiant hero, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! “The Adventures of Captain Underpants” is a popular children’s book from the creative mind of Dav Pilk...
a funny lil book. it's definitely elementary and young middle schoolers type of humor.
My niece and I read this book to my nephew over the weekend. Captain Underpants is a book that cannot possibly fail to greatly amuse children, but it's also one that is sure to incur scorn, disgust, and ridicule from mature adults who are concerned about what trash children can find on library shel...
I always vacilate on how to rate these. I love Pilkey's style, his humor, the fact that his stories contain no super scary paranormal creatures, and his characters. The potty humor grates me a little. But my boys love his books. They had never heard of fake doggy doo doo before reading this book...
This was a book I didnt' want to like. I wanted to find it offensive (because the initial premise is just that: the boys make their principal into the main character which is very disrespectful and embarrassing) but I have to admit: the book is funny. Kids love it and if it gets kids to read, then I...
As a responsible adult I'm supposed to hate this book with its terrible grammar, poor behavior and comic book style. While I don't hate it, I don't love it either. I can see why the average 8 year old boy thinks its the coolest book ever. It sounds like it was written by an 8 year old (I mean this ...
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